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minus-squarefif-t@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·2 days agoA VPN has never been required. You can always just configure a port forward and/or firewall on your router. https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/networking/ It’s not particularly difficult, and it’s fully documented.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoAnd the jellyfin developers have said that several of the security concerns around doing this will likely never be resolved. Also if you want HTTPS, and goodlordits2026ofcourseyoudo, this is absolutely not as easy as opening a port.
minus-squarefif-t@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoFair enough! I run my own kubernetes cluster at home, that has JF as a service 😅 So I may be slightly out of touch
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI have that and more but won’t set this up
minus-squarehalfsak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYou’re right in that its fully documented, but it seems your understanding differs from the documentation. Your provided link explicitly says, “Opening a port directly to the Internet is therefore insecure and not recommended.”
A VPN has never been required. You can always just configure a port forward and/or firewall on your router.
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/post-install/networking/
It’s not particularly difficult, and it’s fully documented.
And the jellyfin developers have said that several of the security concerns around doing this will likely never be resolved.
Also if you want HTTPS, and goodlordits2026ofcourseyoudo, this is absolutely not as easy as opening a port.
Fair enough! I run my own kubernetes cluster at home, that has JF as a service 😅
So I may be slightly out of touch
I have that and more but won’t set this up
You’re right in that its fully documented, but it seems your understanding differs from the documentation. Your provided link explicitly says, “Opening a port directly to the Internet is therefore insecure and not recommended.”